Cause of Upper Triassic climate crisis revealed by Re-Os geochemistry of Boreal black shales

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 395, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-232

  Xu, Guangping ^a,b   Hannah, Judith L ^a,b,c   Stein, Holly J ^a,b,c   Mørk, Atle ^d,e   Vigran, Jorunn Os ^d   Bingen, Bernard ^b   Schutt, Derek L ^a   Lundschien, Bjørn A ^f  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kong Karls Land; Ladinian Carnian boundary; Re Os geochemistry; Svalbard; Svalis Dome; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84893067833     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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